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| Question | Answer |
| Douglas Mcarthur | General in charge of the UN force in Korea. Dismissed by Truman in April 1951 after he suggested bombing China. MacArthur wrote, “there is no substitute for victory” against international communism”. |
| Kim Il Sung | First leader of North Korea (from 1948) Ordered the invasion of the South in June 1950 |
| Synghman Rhee | Leader of South Korea Anti communist |
| Truman | US President 1945 to 1952 Truman Doctrine 1947 (Containment of Communism) |
| When did the Korean War begin? | 25 June 1950 The North invaded the South |
| Why did the Korean War happen? | Kim il Sung wanted to unite Korea under Communist rule. The US would not allow this - they feared the domino effect, and were worried about Japan and other US interests in Asia and the Far East. |
| Stalin | The communist dictator of the USSR Had boycotted the UN so was unable to use its veto for resolution 84. (Decision by the UN to assist South Korea) |
| Before the invasion | Korea divided along the 38th parallel after WWII USSR supported the North, USA the South (Both left by 1948) Lots of North/South skirmishes beetween 1948 & 1950 (10,000 soldiers killed) |
| NSC 68 | April 1950, a National Security Council report known as NSC-68 had recommended that the United States use military force to “contain” communist expansionism anywhere it seemed to be occurring, “regardless of the intrinsic strategic or economic value of the lands in question.” |
| Korean War | The fight on the Korean peninsula was a symbol of the global struggle between east and west |
| Phase One | Starting on 25 June 1950, North Korean forces advanced and forced the United Nations defenders into the Pusan perimeter in the most southeastern part of South Korea. |
| Phase Two | 1950 when the North Koreans suffered a complete reversal of fortune when the UN forces landed at Inchon, far beyond the battle line; burst from the Pusan perimeter; shattered the North Korean Army; and pursued its remnants northward. |
| Phase Three | China intervened in force in November 1950, surprising the scattered United Nations armies as they approached North Korea's northern border and driving them back to the vicinity of the 38th parallel. |
| Phase Four | Finally, the fourth phase was a stalemate, during which neither side would risk vast casualties in an attempt to gain a complete victory. |
| Where? | Korea is bordered by China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and neighbours Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). |
| Who? | UN forces comprised of 16 Nations (But mostly USA) North Koreans supported by Chinese |
| Peace Talks | In July 1951, President Truman and his new military commanders started peace talks at Panmunjom. |
| Armistice | July 27, 1953. |
| Casualties | Nearly 5 million people died. More than half of these–about 10 percent of Korea’s prewar population–were civilians. (This rate of civilian casualties was higher than World War II’s and Vietnam’s.) Almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100,000 were wounded. |
| USSR & Korean War | Though not officially belligerent during the Korean War (1950–1953), the Soviet Union played a significant, covert role in the conflict. It provided material and medical services, as well as Soviet pilots and aircraft, most notably MiG 15 fighter jets, to aid the North Korean-Chinese forces against the United Nations Forces. |
| NKPA | North Korean People’s Army (Formed, trained & supplied by the USSR after WWII) |
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